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chrysostom · c. 405 · score 0.02
And when day dawned all the city was migrating outside the walls under trees and groves, celebrating the festival, like scattered sheep. 4. All which happened afterwards I leave you to imagine; for as I said before it is not possible to describe each separate incident. The worst of it is that these evils, great and ser …
chrysostom · c. 405 · score 0.02
And women from the oratories who had stripped themselves for baptism just at that time, fled unclothed, from terror at this grievous assault, not being permitted to put on the modest apparel which befits women; indeed many received wounds before they were expelled, and the baptismal pools were filled with blood, and th …
chrysostom · c. 405 · score 0.02
Correspondence with Pope Innocent I From John to Innocent To my lord, the most reverend and divinely beloved bishop Innocent, John sends greeting in the Lord 1. I suppose that even before receiving our letter your Piety has heard of the iniquity which has been perpetrated here. For the magnitude of our distress has lef …
chrysostom · c. 405 · score 0.02
Having considered therefore all these things, and having been clearly informed of all particulars by my lords, our most devout brethren the bishops, may you be induced to exert your zeal on our behalf; for in so doing you will confer a favour not upon ourselves alone but also upon the Church at large, and you will rece …
ennodius_pavia · c. 518 · score 0.02
He provides what is necessary who brings orphans and foreigners to the attention of the parent of all: the only path is the consolation of your apostolate, which heals strangers. Far be it from me to call afflicted those whom it befalls to reach you: parents, homeland, and wealth are not sought elsewhere by those whom …
chrysostom · c. 405 · score 0.02
He did not however submit to the royal mandate, but remained at home, alleging an insurrection of the people in excuse, and the unseasonable zeal of certain persons who were attached to him, as he pretended: and yet before the arrival of the imperial letters this same people had deluged him with abuse. But we do not ma …
chrysostom · c. 405 · score 0.01
Therefore to prevent such confusion overtaking the whole earth yield to our entreaties that you will signify by writing that these lawless transactions executed in our absence, and after hearing one side only, although we did not decline a trial, are invalid, as indeed they are by the very nature of the case, and that …
chrysostom · c. 405 · score 0.01
For as a proof that our silence has not been due to negligence, we have now at last after a long time secured our most honoured and beloved John the presbyter, and Paul the deacon, and we send a letter through them, and continue to express our gratitude to you, that you have surpassed even affectionate parents in your …
chrysostom · c. 405 · score 0.01
Who could hear these things without tears, even if he had a heart of stone? But seeing, as I said before, that we ought not merely to lament the evils which have been done, but also to amend them, I beg your Charity to rouse yourself and have compassion, and do everything so as to put a stop to the mischief at this poi …
chrysostom · c. 405 · score 0.01
We seeing this, were in great perplexity, not being able to discover the cause of this unjust hostility; nevertheless we discharged our part, doing what became us, and continually beseeching him to meet us and to say for what cause he hazarded so great a contest at the outset, and threw the city into such confusion. Bu …
chrysostom · c. 405 · score 0.01
This is our wall of defense, this is our security, this our calm haven, this our treasure of infinite blessings, this our gladness, and ground of much joy. And even if we should be carried off again to some spot more desolate than this, we will carry this love away with us as no small consolation of our sufferings. Fro …
pope_symmachus · c. 513 · score 0.01
Ennodius to Pope Symmachus. He commends to the pope, father of all, a distinguished young man named Beatus. To Symmachus, Pope. He does not petition in vain who introduces strangers to the father of all. A general advocacy is owed to those of noble birth, especially before those who bestow benefits without being asked. …
pope_hilary · c. 461 · score 0.01
Nor is each one merely dissimilar from the other by his own definition, but each individual one of them also subsists now in variety and now fails in assertion by the aforementioned alternation of lunar and diurnal reckoning. To this is added that the lunar enumeration itself has been so varied by the opinions of all, …
epistulae_wisigothicae · c. 592 · score 0.01
To the most blessed Pope Gregory, my dear friend and father in Christ, from Leander, bishop of Seville, The Moralia has arrived and I have read — I should say I have begun to read — it with the wonder and gratitude you might imagine. This is a work of the first order: the kind of commentary on scripture that illuminate …
chrysostom · c. 405 · score 0.01
For how could one who had not yet received any bills of indictment against me, and had acted from the outset in the manner described, and severed himself from the Church, from communion, and from prayer, and was training accusers, and seducing the clergy, and desolating the Church, how, I say, could he with justice mou …
sidonius_apollinaris · c. 467 · score 0.01
Sidonius to his friend Simplicius. As for the fact that I sent a letter but received none in return — I attribute it to friendship, but I credit it even more to modesty. For unless I am unfair in my judgment, the failure to return my greeting was not contempt but shyness. But if you continue to shut and bolt your door …
hormisdas · c. 516 · score 0.01
Copy of the libellus of John, Bishop of Constantinople. To my lord, holy in all things, most blessed brother and fellow minister Hormisdas — John sends greetings in the Lord. When the letters of Your Holiness were delivered to me, dearest brother in Christ — first by the distinguished count Gratus, and now by the most …
pliny_younger · c. 112 · score 0.01
Trajan to Pliny. The permits, of which the terms have expired, ought not to be recognised, and consequently I make it my special duty to send out new permits to all the provinces before the day when they are required.
sidonius_apollinaris · c. 467 · score 0.01
To Simplicius. There is a proverb — "you are urging a willing runner" — that fits anyone asked to do what he would have done anyway without being asked. You may wonder where this is leading. The bearer of this letter earnestly begged me to let him carry a letter to you. But once I learned he was traveling your way, I w …
synesius_cyrene · c. 408 · score 0.01
To Simplicius. A man's feelings should not rise and fall with the turns of fortune, and the memory of old friends should never seem less important than present dignities. You have been forgetful of us for a long time. That is not right, considering the deep affection that once bound us so closely together.
hormisdas · c. 515 · score 0.01
Copy of the report of John, Bishop of Constantinople. To my lord, holy in every way, most blessed brother and fellow minister Hormisdas — John sends greetings in the Lord. I greet Your Holiness, dearest brother in Christ, and in greeting I proclaim: the true faith is safe, and the love of brotherhood is confirmed. This …
ennodius_pavia · c. 519 · score 0.01
--- Now that the longed-for necessity of mine — desired so ardently, felt so keenly — began, through the grace of your nearness, to promise the fulfillment of that desire, you have migrated in spirit to some more distant country: even as you almost touch Liguria with your hand, you have given your tongue a holiday. Whe …
sidonius_apollinaris · c. 467 · score 0.01
To Simplicius. Though my longing to see you has been attended by such ill fortune that you are still denied to my sight, you are not, best of men, someone whose high merits can remain hidden from us. For all our leading citizens — the most distinguished men of the region — celebrate you with unanimous praise as a fathe …
pope_hilary · c. 461 · score 0.01
Would that I were able to obey your commands, venerable archdeacon Hilary, with effect as readily as with desire. For this is indeed an arduous work and the capacity of my understanding is slight. I however, for what concerns me, even if I am surpassed by the magnitude of the assigned material, shall be sufficiently sa …
gregory_nazianzus · c. 365 · score 0.01
Gregory to Basil. You summoned me to Caesarea with a letter claiming you were dangerously ill. I dropped everything and set out at once, my heart heavy with grief and fear. But I had not gone far before I learned the truth: you are in your usual health, and the real reason for your summons was that the archbishopric of …